“For the student of Jewish history … and for the curious traveler in all of us, this book is required reading; a must-have on every bookshelf.” Corinne Brown, Editor-in-Chief, HaLapid Magazine, 2016.

An internationally-published writer, Irene Shaland introduces her latest book The Dao of Being Jewish. She shares her “Stories Behind the Stories” inviting you to embark on a fascinating journey, both familiar and unknown. While traveling from Europe to Asia and Africa, from Vienna to Delhi and Nairobi, you are immersed into a collective Jewish narrative from all parts of the globe. Whether you hear Irene’s Polish family Holocaust narrative or discover two-millennium old tales of little-known Jewish communities of India and China, who never knew religious persecution – these stories strive to preserve Jewish heritage, identity, memory, and history. Because we are the stories we tell to ourselves, to others, and to the world.